Gotta agree it was bit on the boring side , bit of tired formula : Driving to trails opening scene , some riding , good riding no doubt , some emotional music while people talk about riding/racing , but it was free and much better than watching daytime TV.
Thanks for the Free edit motivated to switch my PC off now and go ride my bike.
ya it was boring. just my personal opinion, they're all way faster than i will ever be but between the intro, the dreary music, slowmo, and a lot of trails that my pop would destroy on his xc bike it just wasn't doin it for me. also i was hoping to see mitch ropelato along with troy and sam.
Too many previously (better) done (non-bike) themes; the intro travel scene, car ad, portraitures.
No riding for the first 4 minutes of a 20 minute film.
Inappropriate music; it worked for the intro, after that, just too slow.
One of the cameras had a bad white balance.
Too many cutties (nah, no such thing).
A few good interview quotes; injury vs speed, will to win, living the WC life, Troy & Sam's bromance, but generally dull. How about asking some deeper or more detailed questions? Mental impacts of serious injury and how you overcome? WC circuit tidbits? Have bikes improved and how has that impacted your riding style? What's your bike set-up and how does that relate to your style? Tyre pressure and changes? Best training tip? What aspect of your riding are you specifically working on and how? How does it feel to get beaten by your junior team mate? How do you deal with continually being smashed by Aaron Gwin and what can you do to match/beat him? Trial & tribulation of chasing sponsorship/factory ride?
I really liked the sections up to Sam & Troy. Typical Aussie conditions, guys were pinned, good mix of fast and slow-mo, not too much bush-view panning ($deity I hate that) and decent length frames (MTv has a lot to answer for).
Sam & Troy, way too much slow-mo of 2 of the fastest riders on the planet. Terrain didn't look gnar. More like they were out on an xc ride. Their individual sections were better but still..... Sam sucking up the steep hip/double was cool. It was interesting watching Troy steering round the rear end of the bike.
And then the final segment was good (Will R?). The extended power wheelie out of the (Canberra?) berm - braaaap.
yh i must agree with a few comments a lot of skill involved in this edit but it just seemed a bit boring that i could only watch about 3 mins of it no offence good riding much better than i could ever do but perhaps i am more into tricks and airtime sort of videos.
This is an awesome video but I gotta say a word the the editor of the video...it was poorly done. The music needs to be lowered when the interview is being played back. It is very difficult to hear what the riders, especially the soft-spoken Sam Hill. For future work, try turning up the dialogue and turn down the background music/noise.
noticed how a lot of the new mtb films are adopting that Clay Porter Style... rider taking bike out of house, close up black and white face shot...etc...
I respect all the hard work that went into this by everyone, but it kind just ended up looking like a knock off of a Clay Porter film. Not that my advice matters, but I'd just encourage the guy to find his own formula and bring some originality to the MTB film world.
Very cool to see some different terrain. Loved a few of the multi-speed time-overlapped cuts as well, but not a lot of original camera work. Overall well worth the money. Great movie, keep 'em coming!
Oh just discovered where my comment disappeared to... doh! Seconded by the way Matt, I'm sure the film makers and riders put a lot of effort into the film, I'm not disputing that, I just didn't find it interesting, gave up after 8 mins, but that just my opinion, some people may rave about it! :-)
Awesome seein some local aussie trails being ripped up by all these pinners. Would love to know if the MES seen was at the Mundaring track in WA? Love that track.....so many lines, fast and loose.
OMG...this was far from perfect. I want my money ba.....
I kid. That was a good vid. IFO got some insight to the WC riders that I did not know prior and that alone was worth the watch. Some solid ripping to accompany it as well. Thanks for the preview/premiere!!!
It was a great film of the racers in australia. Great to see about a good racing scene down there. I thought the angles and way it was told was sick!! Good job man!
It is amazing, such the different opinions are hidden below, props by negative. Let me remind me: I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Ok, that was not what happened here.
Why is it amazing? People down voted opinions they disagreed with it. Just because they down voted those opinions, it does not in anyway shape or form go against that phrase you think you're using in such a "witty" fashion. They have the right to say it, and everyone else has the right to click an up or down arrow.
Oh no!!!! People disagree with my opinion and showed that by downvoting me!! I'm going to complain about it and claim peoples rights are being violated!!! Please stop pretending like someones rights are being infringed upon here, that's not what is happening.
yes, you're right about it, but that it's not the problem. I don't care if somebody downvoting me, or somebody else. What I see as the problem: these comment are not visible after a while due to this downvoting. Why they should be hidden? There is nothing wrong with them, they are spoken with no badly meaning. They're not dishonorable. You've just missed the point here.
I love mountain biking! If someone could please put out a bike (something nice) with a Fleshlight integrated into the tubing (possibly in the rear where the seat tube and top tube meet) my life will be complete.
Sure money can make things look more impressive but thats got nothing to do with how good the video is. Yes it helps but its not he most important thing.
From what i can see from your profile you don't race Downhill? I think if you raced, you felt the pressure of being in the start gate knowing whats to come in the next 3 minutes you would find what these racers are talking about and doing very interesting. But you do have quite the Vimeo profile, so Kudos to you.
good point I don't race downhill, I don't think downhill suits this kind of video i'm just being honest and trying open the film makers eyes a bit. I would love to see more of the characters of the people who are riding etc.
i race occasionally, i still found it really boring. Yeah it takes some money to film a video, but not thousands of dollars. all it takes is a DSLR camera and some imagination, this video is VERY samey
I think the problem is people forget films are about telling stories, they way you do that is by focusing on the people and events around the riding and not just showing somebody go down a hill.
What are you guys on. I thought it was a great film showing a realy unique style of both filming and editing. You are luck enough to be watching this very well produced video for free and you say how boring it is... not even any constructive critisim just... 'boring'. Thats a great way to support people like Sean who put large amounts of time effort and money into their passion.
End Rant.
You guy's could maybe just maybe
be a little helpful, maybe if you find it boring
then give some constructive feedback so the next edit in your opinion may not be as boring...
All these types of videos follow the same formular, they have no back story what so ever and are in my opinion instantly forgettable. I don't doubt how much time and effort is put into them i'm just saying what I feel is wrong here !
I think, you don't need some feedback. If somebody say boring, it is feedback. Nobody said it's bad or something else. Just boring. There is nothing special, I almost want to say, it's like a bad scenario, riders talking, riders shreding, riders talking again... It's the first movie after the long time, where I skipped the parts, because I found it not interesting. We're not haters and we really appreciate that hard work but this time....it doesn't work on me. And that is why found it boring.
I just found it boring in general, it just seemed like a whole load of average edits put together into a longer boring film. No doubt alot of skill, passion,money and effort went in to it , but it just had no story for me.
Sick film! You English fucknuts that think it's boring you have obviously no respect for Sean for making this video, us Aussies think its sick because most of us ride all of these tracks so it's rad to see how fast they ride them, plus their all sick riders. The downhill vibe in Australia is I sick and this video shows it. Now leave your bullshit comments somewhere else. Sick job Sean!
Ok, so i can't say I don't like it, because I should show some respect to the film maker? So it will be better if I'm gonna lie? Why the hack I should do that? Should I say: Little Hercules in 3-D is a great movie, because of respect to the film maker? I'm pretty sure not. As I said, this film wasn't my cup of tea, and this is my personal opinion and I have the same right to say that even as I have the same right to say if I like it.
wills segment was my fav but they were all sick!!
Thanks for the Free edit motivated to switch my PC off now and go ride my bike.